Sink or Swim: African-American Lifesavers of the Outer Banks

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    Tells the story of the U.S. Lifesaving Service, which was the precursor of the Coast Guard, and its only all black crew, operating off Pea Island on the North Carolina coast, led by Richard Etheridge.
    Carole Boston Weatherford

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